Hi
At times I've found the F18 to be sluggish when rolling. Today I played around with it and found that approx. the 400-500 knot range is the sweet spot for F18 roll rate. Below 400 the jet becomes sluggish to roll and above 600 it's very slow.
The F16 on the other hand does not exhibit this behaviour - it just continues rolling at the same rate from 350 to 600+.
Is this realistic? Presumably one of them is incorrect, and I'm hoping it's the F18. Surely roll rate is unaffected by forward speed.
Here are 2 tracks. Exact same mission in mission editor, both clean aircraft. F16 and F18, rolling as speed increases. Both full stick to the left (from memory I went left, but whichever way it was - was full stick). You can see that the F18 when up around 600 knots barely wants to roll.
F16_rolling_test.trk
F18_rolling_test.trk
Hi At times I've found the F18 to be sluggish when rolling. Today I played around with it and found that approx. the 400-500 knot range is the sweet spot for F18 roll rate. Below 400 the jet becomes sluggish to roll and above 600 it's very slow. The F16 on the other hand does not exhibit this behaviour - it just continues rolling at the same rate from 350 to 600+. Is this realistic? Presumably one of them is incorrect, and I'm hoping it's the F18. Surely roll rate is unaffected by forward speed. Here are 2 tracks. Exact same mission in mission editor, both clean aircraft. F16 and F18, rolling as speed increases. Both full stick to the left (from memory I went left, but whichever way it was - was full stick). You can see that the F18 when up around 600 knots barely wants to roll. F16_rolling_test.trk F18_rolling_test.trk